Strait On: Larry Bowles knows where the bodies are buried

Photo by Rusty Strait/The Valley ChronicleGenealogist Larry Bowles does some online research in looking up a family history. ■ By Rusty Strait / Senior Reporter I once did a two-year stint as an apprentice embalmer. My friends wondered why I would want such a ghoulish job. For one thing, it was during a recession and I had to eat and pay rent. Secondly, I have seen more comedy in a funeral home than I ever have on television, which brings me to the subject at hand. I spent two hours last night with a fellow who digs up dead bodies – over the internet – and he thinks it’s more interesting

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